StarCraft Fans Rejoice!

Wowhead user SirPunky was kind enough to bring this to our attention, big thanks to him. The Starcraft II Beta test is scheduled for sometime within the next few months, so if you'd like to slide your Marine Boot in that door - and then up some Zergling behind - listen closely.

The StarCraft II beta-test period is coming in the months ahead! If you’d like a chance to participate, now’s the time to let us know. Simply log in to your Battle.net account (https://www.battle.net/login/login.xml), and click “Beta Profile Settings” to go through the new beta opt-in process and upload a snapshot of your system specs. During this process, you’ll also have the opportunity to opt in to future betas for other Blizzard Entertainment games. Please note that even if you’ve opted in to our betas previously, you’ll need to complete this new process and upload your current system specs to have a chance to be invited.

There is a separate process in place for players who received StarCraft II beta codes from BlizzCon 2008. To redeem your BlizzCon 2008 beta code, visit the beta sign-up page (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/misc/beta-signup.html -- don’t worry that the page says World of Warcraft), and enter the code from your BlizzCon 2008 card, along with a valid email address that you check often.Once you’ve completed these steps, we will contact you via email at some point during the StarCraft II testing process with further instructions. Please note that in order to participate after your receive the invitation, you will need to sign up for a new Battle.net account (if you haven’t done so already).

If you'd like some more information, or to read the FAQ, Here is a link to the original Blue post, with all the information.

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Comment by Legolas12252

on 2009-05-06T17:06:45-05:00

I actually restarted the Launcher twice just to make sure I wasn't seeing things O.o

Comment by XenonLite

on 2009-05-06T17:18:42-05:00

Well, this sucks, i sign up for a bnet account, all goes well, i try to opt in, says i need to merge my account with a game, so i try to do so for WoW, oh wait, its US residents only, Canada doesnt get &*!@ once again, thanks blizz -.-;;

Nvm, got it working

Comment by MischievousLoki

on 2009-05-06T17:36:02-05:00

*.*

Any name, any extension indeed.

Comment by Oppenheimer

on 2009-05-06T18:56:50-05:00

Is anyone else getting "you don't have permisson to access / on this server" when trying to get to any page on the Battle.net site..? I'm in the UK if this makes any difference.

Comment by Starkie

on 2009-05-06T19:00:40-05:00

Is anyone else getting "you don't have permisson to access / on this server" when trying to get to any page on the Battle.net site..? I'm in the UK if this makes any difference.

I'm pretty sure it's US only, but don't quote me on that.

Update:

We plan to add the ability to merge a World of Warcraft account into a Battle.net account in Europe prior to the European phase of the StarCraft II beta, so that World of Warcraft players there will have a chance to participate. Please note that when it comes time to select StarCraft II beta participants, we will not consider how early or late they opted in before the beta began. In the meantime, if you have any other Blizzard Entertainment games, you can attach one of those to a Battle.net account to fulfill the requirement to opt in now.

Comment by Cryziz

on 2009-05-06T19:51:55-05:00

AHHHHHHHHHHH! Finally SC <3

Comment by ZerXonE

on 2009-05-06T21:18:30-05:00

Is anyone else getting "you don't have permisson to access / on this server" when trying to get to any page on the Battle.net site..? I'm in the UK if this makes any difference.

It should work fine for people in Europe, you just can't merge your WoW and Battle.net accounts yet.

Comment by donofthedead

on 2009-05-07T09:39:41-05:00

Absolutely cannot wait for this. Best of luck to everyone in their battle against RNG on getting a beta key!

Comment by zanoma

on 2009-05-07T10:09:39-05:00

i seem to have to add a game to my collection or w/e to sign up for a Beta.

So they ask for the game key, i could only see this as to possible be my authentication code. so i tried my WoTLK authentication code but it wouldn't work.

halp?

Comment by blademeld

on 2009-05-07T10:23:43-05:00

That pic needs more zerg.

Comment by Queggy

on 2009-05-07T10:27:21-05:00

That pic needs more zerg.

Psssh, Protoss ftw. "My life for Aiur.""Construct more pylons."

Comment by mutts

on 2009-05-07T11:47:57-05:00

i seem to have to add a game to my collection or w/e to sign up for a Beta.

So they ask for the game key, i could only see this as to possible be my authentication code. so i tried my WoTLK authentication code but it wouldn't work.

halp?

There is an option at the top to Merge your WoW account into a Battle.net account. You have to do that before you can access the beta section.

There are (minor) repercussions to merging though, so make sure you read everything and don't just click blindly through.

Comment by intereo

on 2009-05-07T15:15:10-05:00

There is an option at the top to Merge your WoW account into a Battle.net account. You have to do that before you can access the beta section.

There are (minor) repercussions to merging though, so make sure you read everything and don't just click blindly through.

Not true. I have not merged my WoW account and I was able to enter the Beta sign-up. You just need to click "Beta Opt-In" down by the list of your registered games. Maybe if WoW is your only game you do need to merge possibly.

Comment by Slimda

on 2009-05-08T06:35:10-05:00

I dug out my old Diablo 2 discs and did it.

But I'll have to run the beta-program later, as it didn't work last night :(

Comment by Feydakin

on 2009-05-08T06:58:38-05:00

Is anyone else getting "you don't have permisson to access / on this server" when trying to get to any page on the Battle.net site..? I'm in the UK if this makes any difference.

Yes, constantly, and I don't know why. I am in the US, so I went to the us.battle.net site and logged in there fine.

Just a cool side note. If you register your Blizzard games they give you a 26 character CD key for the game, so even if you had the ancient 13 character CD key you can get a fancy new one. Plus you can download any game you have registered on your Battle.net account, so if you ever lose it or it gets too banged up to use, you can still get it. I had lost my Brood War CD a long time ago but still had the case and whatnot, and I was able to download the entire game! 8)

I'm just leery about merging my WoW account because of the issues people have been having...

Comment by shonksh

on 2009-05-08T20:43:13-05:00

starcraft beta eh? ive got a car there now!

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